New Zealand Birds

Nga Manu o Aotearoa

“May I ask that our heavenly father, your ancestors and mine, bless your site. Notwithstanding this, I am sure that you would join with me and ask for a blessing from the birds themselves, as they have also joined our ancestors.”

— Rupene M.T. Waaka, Ngati Huia

— Updated regularly: (last updated 31 December, 2014). — Thank you for visiting this site. If you have any comments please email: narena@nzbirds.com — Huia image credit: The Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa. J.G.Keulemans watercolour commissioned by Sir Walter Buller for his “Supplement to the Birds of New Zealand” (1905, London). It was not used. — E8 image, Coxeter–Dynkin diagram. —